Browser Hooks Examples (A-Z)

Background Sync

Enables web apps to defer network requests until the user has stable connectivity. Useful for ensuring data is sent even when offline, like messaging apps or social media posts.

Status: Not registered

Background Task

Schedules and runs tasks in the background when the browser is idle. Perfect for non-urgent tasks like analytics, caching, or cleanup operations that shouldn't impact user experience.

Status: Idle

Badge

Displays notification badges on app icons or tabs. Commonly used in PWAs for unread messages, notifications, or updates count indication.

Current badge: None

Beacon

Sends data to a server reliably before page unload. Ideal for analytics or logging that needs to work even when users quickly navigate away.

Status: Ready

Broadcast Channel

Enables communication between different windows/tabs of the same origin. Perfect for syncing state across multiple instances of your app, like theme changes or logout actions.

Open this page in a new tab to test broadcast messaging

Canvas

Provides a drawing surface for 2D graphics. Used for creating charts, graphs, image manipulation, games, and other visual content dynamically.


Clipboard

Interacts with the system clipboard for copy/paste operations. Essential for text editors, form filling, and content sharing features.

Compression Stream

Compresses and decompresses data streams. Useful for reducing data transfer size or storing large amounts of data efficiently.


Console

Provides advanced logging capabilities beyond basic console methods. Helpful for debugging, monitoring, and development workflows.

Cookie Store

Modern API for managing browser cookies asynchronously. Better alternative to document.cookie for handling user preferences and session data.

Credential Management

Manages and stores user credentials securely. Enables smooth sign-in experiences and password management integration.

CSS Custom Highlight

Creates custom text highlights programmatically. Great for text editors, search features, or educational content highlighting.

This is a sample text that you can search through. The CSS Custom Highlight API will highlight all matches as you type.

Try typing words like "highlight", "API", or any other text you see here.

The search is case-insensitive and will highlight all occurrences of the text you type.

CSSOM (CSS Object Model)

Programmatically manipulates CSS styles and rules. Essential for dynamic theming, responsive design, and style customization features.

Target element for CSSOM demo

CSS Painting

Creates custom CSS painting behaviors using JavaScript. Enables complex visual effects and custom backgrounds not possible with standard CSS.

CSS Properties

Manages CSS custom properties (variables) dynamically. Perfect for theme systems and responsive design implementations.

Text with custom property

CSS Typed OM

Provides strongly-typed CSS values and better performance. Useful for animations and dynamic style calculations.

Text with typed OM styles

Device Memory

Detects device memory capacity. Helps in delivering optimized experiences based on device capabilities.

Device Orientation

Tracks device orientation changes. Used in games, augmented reality, and responsive interfaces that react to device movement.

Waiting for orientation data...

Device Posture

Detects foldable device states. Essential for optimizing layouts on foldable devices and dual-screen experiences.

No posture data

Drag and Drop

Enables native drag and drop interactions. Common in file uploaders, kanban boards, and interactive interfaces.

Drag me
Drop here

Edit Context

Provides advanced text editing capabilities. Useful for building rich text editors and input management systems.

This is an editable area. Type or edit text here.

Encoding

Handles text encoding and decoding operations. Important for working with different character encodings and international text.

Encrypted Media

Handles DRM-protected content playback. Essential for streaming services and protected media playback.

Eye Dropper

Allows color picking from anywhere on the screen. Great for design tools and color customization features.

Federated Credential Management

Streamlines identity provider sign-in flows. Simplifies implementation of "Sign in with..." functionality.

File

Provides advanced file handling capabilities. Used for file uploads, downloads, and local file manipulation.

File Entry

Enables file system-like operations in web apps. Useful for apps that need to manage files and directories.

File System

Provides access to a sandboxed file system. Perfect for offline-capable apps and local file management.

Font Loading

Manages custom font loading and status. Important for controlling typography and ensuring proper font rendering.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Fullscreen

Controls fullscreen mode for elements. Common in video players, games, and presentation modes.

Click me to toggle fullscreen

Geometry

Handles element geometry and layout calculations. Used for responsive layouts and dynamic positioning.

Resize this element

Idle Detection

Detects when the user or screen becomes idle. Useful for chat applications, session management, and power saving features.

Threshold : 1 minute. Click "Start Detection" and wait for 1 minute to see the status change (Don't interact with the page).

Status: Not monitoring

Image Capture

Provides advanced camera control and photo capture. Essential for web-based camera applications and QR code scanners.


Keyboard

Handles advanced keyboard input and events. Great for gaming, shortcuts, and custom input handling.

Focus here and press keys
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